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Demographic Showdown

🇸🇪 Sweden vs 🇳🇴 Norway

Three centuries of comparative human progress from 1800 to the 2020s and projections through 2100. Sources: UN WPP, World Bank, Maddison Project.

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Sweden

Living Conditions Cohort Score (2020s)
95.9/100
Leads in 8 dimensions

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🇳🇴

Norway

Living Conditions Cohort Score (2020s)
96.4/100
Leads in 14 dimensions

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Full 25-Dimension Head-to-Head Comparison (2020s)

Every tracked demographic, economic, healthcare, and educational metric between Sweden and Norway.

Dimension 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇳🇴 Norway Leader Historical Trend
Life Expectancy at Birth years 83.2 83.0 🇸🇪 Sweden Global map →
Income per Person (GDP per capita, PPP) intl-$ 62,039.5 93,445.0 🇳🇴 Norway Global map →
Child Mortality (under 5) per 1,000 births 2.5 2.4 🇳🇴 Norway Global map →
Years of Schooling years 12.6 13.0 🇳🇴 Norway Global map →
Children per Woman births 1.6 1.5 🇸🇪 Sweden Global map →
Living in Cities % 88.5 83.1 🇸🇪 Sweden Global map →
Internet Access % 95.2 98.1 🇳🇴 Norway Global map →
Electricity at Home % 100.0 100.0 Tied Global map →
Homicide Rate per 100,000 1.1 0.6 🇳🇴 Norway Global map →
Annual Working Hours hours/year 1,440.0 1,370.0 🇳🇴 Norway Global map →
Average Male Height cm 180.0 180.0 Tied Global map →
Extreme Poverty % 0.8 0.3 🇳🇴 Norway Global map →
Suicide Rate per 100,000 13.6 12.9 🇳🇴 Norway Global map →
Infant Mortality per 1,000 births 2.0 2.0 🇳🇴 Norway Global map →
Female Life Expectancy years 84.9 84.6 🇸🇪 Sweden Global map →
Male Life Expectancy years 81.5 81.5 🇸🇪 Sweden Global map →
Alcohol Consumption liters/year 9.6 7.4 🇳🇴 Norway Global map →
Population 65+ % 20.5 18.4 🇸🇪 Sweden Global map →
Adult Overweight % 50.4 57.2 🇸🇪 Sweden Global map →
Basic Drinking Water Access % 99.7 100.0 🇳🇴 Norway Global map →
Physicians per 1,000 people 4.4 4.8 🇳🇴 Norway Global map →
Electricity Use per Person kWh/year 12,483.9 23,816.0 🇳🇴 Norway Global map →
Smoking Prevalence % 21.7 14.3 🇳🇴 Norway Global map →
Primary School Completion % 99.8 99.1 🇸🇪 Sweden Global map →

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